THE CENTRAL RIO GRANDE VALLEY 



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Sugar Beets— Average yield per acre, 20 tons. Average selling 

 price, $4 per ton. Average cost of production per acre, $20. Net profit, 

 per acre, $60.00. 



Cantaloupes — Average yield per acre, 300 crates. Average selling 

 price per crate, $1.50. Average cost of production, per acre, $100. Net 

 profit per acre, $350.00. 



Watermelons — Average yield per acre, 40,000 pounds. Average 

 selling price $1.00 per one hundred pounds. Cost of production $100 

 per acre. Net profit, per acre, $300.00. 



Tomatoes. — Yield an average of 20,000 pounds of marketable 

 tomatoes to the acre. Average selling price 5 cents per pound, for a 

 six weeks season. Cost of production about $200 per acre. Average 

 net profit per acre $800.00. 



Asparagus — From an acre and a half the Bleuher gardens at 

 Albuquerque cut 30 dozen bunches of marketable asparagus per day. 

 The average selling price is 50 cents per dozen bunches. The tract pro- 

 duces an average of 2,100 dozen bunches per season, or $1,050. The 

 cost of production is about $150 per season. A net profit of $900 from 

 the acre and a half. Several other smaller asparagus beds near Albu- 

 querque produce proportionate results. 



Celery — The Bleuher gardens at Albuquerque plant 30.000 plants 

 to the acre from which is produced a season average of 3,700 dozen 

 bunches at 40 cents the dozen, or $1,480 per season. The cost of pro- 

 duction averages $250 per acre per season. An average net profit of 

 more than $1,200 per acre per season. Other less extensive planters 

 are obtaining proportionate results. 



Onions — Average yield per acre, 30,000 pounds. Average selling 

 price, $2 per 100 pounds. Cost of production, average, $125 per acre. 

 Net profit per acre, $475.00. 



Sweet Potatoes. 

 Average yield 400 

 bushels to the acre. 

 Average selling price, 

 $1.25 per bushel Cost 

 of production, aver- 

 age, per acre, $75. 

 Net profit per acre, 

 $425.00. 



Cabbages — Aver- 

 age yield per acre per 

 season, 30,000 pounds, 

 Average selling price 

 $1.50 per 100 pounds. 



Average cost of pro- Santa re Tie Treating Plant at Albuquerque 



